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A total of 70 womens pairs competed in today’s 2017 edition of the annual Royal Women’s Hospital Fourball Metropolitan Final at Patterson River GC. The strong field of 140 players found themselves at today’s Metropolitan Final as a result of winning the club level version which is the first stage of the three stage event.
Top honours for the morning field and overall went to the Eastern Golf Club pair of Jane Neale & Lorraine Watson who recorded a classy 47 points after heading out early. The Riversdale pair of Angela Zhong & Petra Cammiss claimed the runner-up prize in the AM field with a fantastic score of 46 points.
The Commonwealth Golf Club duo of Louise Crosby & Anita Hughes returned the best score in the afternoon field with 45 points. The pair took a liking to the Patterson River layout which was in fantastic condition despite the heavy rain in the last 24 hours. Finishing in second place in the afternoon field was Keysborough’s Jan Jaffe & Val Hayes with 44 points on a countback.
Thank you to all clubs across Victoria who have graciously supported this event to raise funds and awareness of the outstanding work that the Royal Women’s Hospital does. The Golf Victoria initiative to raise funds to support the Royal Women’s Hospital Pelvic Floor unit was initiated in 2006. The top 12 pairs from today’s Metropolitan Final will meet with the winners and runners-up from the District Finals to contest the third and final stage (State Final) at Kew GC on Monday 23 October.
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